1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 8, 1972, to January 1, 1973
Number of teams	8
1973 NFL draft
Top draft pick	Charle Young, TE
Picked by	Philadelphia Eagles, 6th overall
Regular season
Season champions	USC
Runners-up	UCLA
Seasons
← 1971 1973 →

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
No. 15 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season took place during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The conference featured the eventual national champions in USC.

Games

Week 1

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 8	Oregon State	San Diego State	San Diego, CA	L 8–17	-
September 9	California	No. 2  Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	L 10–20	-
September 9	Oregon	Missouri	Columbia, MO	L 22–24	-
September 9	No. 8  USC	No. 4  Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 31–10	-
September 9	No. 1  Nebraska	UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 20–17	-
September 9	Pacific	No. 9  Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 13–6	-
September 9	Washington State	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 18–17	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 16	Washington State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	CAL 37–23	-
September 16	Arizona	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 34–7	-
September 16	Oregon State	No. 1  USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	USC 51–6	-
September 16	San Jose State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	W 44–0	-
September 16	No. 8  UCLA	Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 38–28	-
September 16	Duke	No. 12  Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 14–6	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 23	Oregon State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 11–19	-
September 23	No. 12  Michigan	No. 6  UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 9–26	-
September 23	Oregon	No. 2  Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 3–68	-
September 23	San Jose State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 10–17	-
September 23	No. 1  USC	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 55–20	-
September 23	No. 19  Stanford	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 10–6	-
September 23	No. 15  Washington	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 22–21	-
September 23	Washington State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 28–6	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 29	Oregon	No. 15  UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	UCLA 65–20	-
September 30	California	Missouri	Columbia, MO	L 27–34	-
September 30	BYU	Oregon State	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 29–3	-
September 30	Michigan State	No. 1  USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 51–6	-
September 30	No. 20  West Virginia	No. 19  Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 41–35	-
September 30	Utah	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 25–44	-
September 30	Illinois	No. 14  Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 31–11	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 7	Oregon State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 7–38	-
October 7	No. 3  Ohio State	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 18–35	-
October 7	No. 1  USC	No. 15  Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	USC 30–21	-
October 7	Arizona	No. 14  UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 42–31	-
October 7	Oregon	No. 11  Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Rivalry)	WASH 23–17	-
October 7	Idaho	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 35–14	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 14	California	No. 1  USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	USC 42–14	-
October 14	No. 12  Washington	No. 17  Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	STAN 24–0	-
October 14	No. 14  UCLA	Oregon State	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	UCLA 37–7	-
October 14	Washington State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	WSU 31–14	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 21	No. 13  Stanford	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ORE 15–13	-
October 21	No. 18  Washington	No. 1  USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	USC 34–7	-
October 21	No. 11  UCLA	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Rivalry)	UCLA 49–13	-
October 21	Oregon State	Washington St	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	WSU 37–7	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 28	No. 1  USC	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	USC 18–0	-
October 28	Oregon St	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	STAN 17–11	-
October 28	Washington St	UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	UCLA 35–20	-
October 28	California	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	WASH 35–21	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 4	Oregon	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	CAL 31–12	-
November 4	No. 1  USC	Washington St	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	USC 44–3	-
November 4	Stanford	No. 8  UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	UCLA 28–23	-
November 4	Washington	Oregon St	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	WASH 23–16	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 10

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 11	San Jose St	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 27–2	-
November 11	California	Oregon St	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	ORST 26–23	-
November 11	No. 8  UCLA	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	WASH 30–21	-
November 11	No. 20  Stanford	Washington St	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	WSU 27–13	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 11

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 18	Stanford	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	CAL 24–21	-
November 18	Oregon	Oregon St	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	ORE 30–3	-
November 18	No. 1  USC	No. 14  UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	USC 24–7	-
November 18	No. 17  Washington	No. 20  Washington St	Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	WSU 27–10	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Bowl games

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 1	No. 3  Ohio State	No. 1  USC	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 42–17	-
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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See also

• 1972 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

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